Historical Glasgow Continued

Day 30 in Scotland, Friday, July 5.

Point A Hotel, in the middle of City Center Glasgow.  Steps 27852. 

Coffee from Costa and croissants from Sainsbury’s.  

Pies. 

Rode City Hop on Hop off bus to the Glasgow Cathedral.  

Tomb of Saint Mungo under neath the Cathedral.  

Provand’s Lordship. Glasgow’s oldest house.  Built in 1471 for the Bishop of the City.  Mary Queen ofnthe Scots stayed there, but as the tour guide on the bus said “she owned all of Scotland so she probably stayed everywhere.”

What an idiot was going through the oldest house at the same pace as myself.  There were signs everywhere about not touching the furniture.  He says to his wife “well, I touched it” in a stupid singsong voice.  Then he made a comment about how “Antiques Roadshow would really like this old stuff”.  Embarrassing as I realized he was American. 

Low ceiling.  

Necropolis. “A memorial to the merchant patriarchs and contains the remains of almost every eminent Glaswegian of its day.”

In the 1800’s the city grew as a major industrial location. Wealthy made fortunes in tobacco, spices, coffee and cotton.  

“The Necropolis remains one of the most significant cemeteries in Europe.”

Saint Mungo Museum of Religious Life and Art. 

John the Baptist carved in oak from northern Germany in late 15th century. 

Nigerian Ancestral Screen. 

Turkish prayer rug.  

Resurrection carved in stone from Nottingham. Late 15th century.  

“Mr Livingstone I presume?”  

Wandered into the Argyle Arcade.  Was greeted by these well dressed guards.  The Arcade was a two block covered stretch of very small, discrete stores of jewelry and watches.  The center walking space glowed with the diamonds and other gems.  

Lunch was a hummus roll up from Pret Manger and dinner again the falafel from the “Best Falafel in Town”.   Both were very good and a far cry from those tuna sandwiches.